Withnail and I is a 1987 British black comedy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson. Loosely based on Robinson's life in London in the late 1960s, the plot follows two unemployed actors, Withnail and "I" (portrayed by Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann, respectively) who share a flat in Camden Town in 1969. Needing a holiday, they obtain the key to a country cottage in the Lake District belonging to Withnail's eccentric uncle Monty and drive there. The weekend holiday proves less recuperative than they expected. The film features a rare appearance of a recording by the Beatles, whose 1968 song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" plays as Withnail and Marwood return to London and find Presuming Ed in the bath. The song, which was written and sung by George Harrison, was able to be included in the soundtrack due to Harrison's involvement in the film as one of the producers
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1 A Whiter Shade of Pale 2 The Wolf 3 All Along the Watchtower 4 To the Crow 5 Voodoo Chile 6 While My Guitar Gently Weeps 7 Marwood Walks 8 Monty Remembers 9 La Fite 10 Hand Out the Stars in Indiana 11 Crow Crag 12 Cheval Blanc 13 My Friend 14 Withnail's Theme
1987年イギリスのカルト的人気ブラック・コメディ映画のオリジナル・サウンドトラック。ビートルズ、ジミー・ヘンドリックス、キング・カーティスらの音楽を収録。
トラックリスト“僕”とウイズネイルは売れない役者同士。おんぼろフラットを共有する貧乏暮らしの中で、共に酒を飲み語りあい、ドラッグもたしなむという典型的な６０年代後半流の青春を送っていた。ある初冬の週末、彼らはロンドンを逃れ、ウイズネイルの叔父を頼って、地方へと息抜きの旅に出た。こぢんまりとした、しかし立派な屋敷で、郷士として毅然と、趣味よく生活している叔父に接し、“僕”は憧れの気持ちを持つが、ゲイである叔父は閉鎖的な田舎暮らしにつきまとう中傷や孤独に耐えかね、アルコールに浸りがちだった。そして、泥酔する彼に迫られかけた時、“僕”は田舎で生きることの都会と変わらぬ困難と畏れを知る……。なにやら以前の村上春樹の小説を思わす、この奇妙に魅力的な脚本を書き、演出家としてのデビューを飾ったのは元役者で「キリング・フィールド」の脚色者であるＢ・ロビンソン。じめじめしたイギリスの気候が肌に感じられるくらい、リアルな感触の青春コメディで、悩める叔父を演じたＲ・グリフィスはユーモラスで哀しく、そして素敵だった。
Withnail and I is a 1987 British black comedy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson. Loosely based on Robinson's life in London in the late 1960s, the plot follows two unemployed actors, Withnail and "I" (portrayed by Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann, respectively) who share a flat in Camden Town in 1969. Needing a holiday, they obtain the key to a country cottage in the Lake District belonging to Withnail's eccentric uncle Monty and drive there. The weekend holiday proves less recuperative than they expected. The film features a rare appearance of a recording by the Beatles, whose 1968 song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" plays as Withnail and Marwood return to London and find Presuming Ed in the bath. The song, which was written and sung by George Harrison, was able to be included in the soundtrack due to Harrison's involvement in the film as one of the producers
1 A Whiter Shade of Pale
2 The Wolf
3 All Along the Watchtower
4 To the Crow
5 Voodoo Chile
6 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
7 Marwood Walks
8 Monty Remembers
9 La Fite
10 Hand Out the Stars in Indiana
11 Crow Crag
12 Cheval Blanc
13 My Friend
14 Withnail's Theme